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A recently discovered diary indicates that Richard E. Byrd, shown in this 1929 photo, and his pilot flew close to the North Pole but not over it as they claimed, researchers said Wednesday, May 8, 1996. Byrd's diary may shed light on a controversy that continues today over the May 9, 1926, flight - and prove wrong those who said Byrd never even made the trip, they said.

Children from the East End of London holding a meeting to discuss their day in the country, for which the Hoxton Market Mission are organizing a fund appeal.

German dictator Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945) and Italian dictator Benito Mussolini (1883 - 1945) drive through Rome May 9, 1938.

Cleveland parents brought their children along with them as they stood in a line several blocks long waiting for their portions of a federal surplus of potatoes and cabbages in Cleveland, May 9, 1938. Local funds supplying 78,000 with direct relief in Cleveland have been exhausted.

Lysander Aircraft practicing for the forthcoming Empire Air Day over Odiham, Hants, on May 9 1939, with their camouflaged wings and fuselage it can easily be imagined how difficult they are to spot when seen against the ground from above, and, though the intention for which they were designed is warlike, they make a strikingly beautiful picture was they glide gently along in the air against a background of fleecy summer clouds.

Captain J McMahon, of the US 9th Army, carrying a child over a bombed bridge at the River Elbe, Tangemunde. The bridge was blown up by retreating German troops.

Rescue workers dig in the ruins of homes in Cholen, the Chinese community of Saigon in South Viet Nam, seeking bodies of residents believed buried in the debris on May 9, 1955. The homes were destroyed as Nationalist troops drove back the rebel forces of Binh Xuyen in heavy fighting last week.

Japanese girls Mitsuko Kuranoto, left, and Emiko Takemoto, survivors of the Hiroshima atom bomb 10 years ago, face newsmen and photographers at the Mitchel Air Force base on Long Island, New York on May 9, 1955. Twenty-five Japanese girls, scarred by the blast, made the 6,700 mile trip to New York cautiously hopeful that the miracle of plastic surgery can give them new faces.

A group of Hungarian refugee children board a coach at Horgos, Yugoslavia, near the Hungarian border May 9, 1957 to be returned to their parents in Hungary. The return has been organized by the international Red Cross at the request of the parents themselves, Dr. Aug. Lindt, the United Nations high commissioner for refugees flew into Belgrade on May 8, following allegations that some of the parents聮 letters were not authentic and others were extorted. Yugoslav authorities however said they were acting on the principle that children belong to their parents no matter how the latter may be situated.

Dr. R.T. O聮Brien, biology scientist, checks bacterial cultures from radioactive animals, in biology laboratory at Hanford Atom Laboratory in Richland, Washington on May 9, 1957. Instrument in foreground, with culture tubes, is used to whirl cultures at slow speed in order to make certain technical conclusions. Technical sign in background.

President John F. Kennedy laughs with reporters after a White House press conference May 9, 1963.

Detective James Mills of the Boston Police Department checks window of apartment of Beverly F. Samons, formerly of Beckley, W.V., found strangled in her Cambridge apartment, May 9, 1963. She was a 26-year-old music student.

Arthur Fredericks, center, leads singing marchers onto Boston Common for a civil rights rally, May 9, 1968. The march from the Roxbury area is part of the northern leg of the Poor People's March on Washington.

A South Vietnamese soldier, his weapon at the ready, looks out of a doorway in Saigon on May 9, 1968 to see from which spot Viet Cong snipers are firing.

A photo taken on May 9, 1972 shows Ehud Barak, dressed in a serviceman uniform as a fighter in a special anti-terror unit, participating in the storming of the hijacked Sabena airlines, at the airport.

American actress Shirley MacLaine displays that great to be alive feeling as she meets the press, Sunday, May 9, 1976 in London, shortly after she arrived in town to play a three-week season at the London Palladium. Shirley has been signed to CBS records worldwide for a live recording of her stage show. She is also scheduled to visit Australia in September, touring most major cities.

The bullet-riddled body of Italian Premier Aldo Moro lies in the back of a vehicle near his Christian Democrat Party headquarters Tuesday May 9, 1978, 55 days after Moro was kidnapped in a Red Brigade ambush in central Rome.

Pope John Paul II waves to the crowd as he arrives to give Mass in Salto, Uruguay, May 9, 1988.

Rescue workers search through the debris of an apartment block for victims trapped in the rubble in Ahmedabad, 28 Jan. 2001, following the massive 7.9 magnitude earthquake that hit the region 26 January. Indian Defence Minister George Fernandes said 28 January that more than 20,000 people may have been killed in the massive quake that struck the western Indian state of Gujarat.